Autographic register.



No. 661,961. Patented Nov. 20, I900.

J. G. DINKELBIHLER, JR. &. C. C. CRANE. AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

(Application filed Apr. 18. .1900.)

UNITED STATES JOHN G. DINKELBIIILER, .IR., AND CLYDE C. CRANE, OFCINCINNATI, OHIO.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,961, dated November20, 1900.

Application filed April 18, 1900- Serial No. 13,296. (No model.)

To all whmn, it may concern;

Be it known that we, JOHN G. DINKEL- BIHLER, Jr., and CLYDE C. CRANE,citizens of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Antographic Registers, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to that class of autographic registers in which acopy is folded and filed.

One of the objects of our invention is to produce a simple and effectivefolding mechanism for the strip of paper to be filed.

Another object of our invention is to simultaneously print, deliver, andfold the respective strips in definite slip lengths.

Other features and details of our invention will be more fully set forthin the description of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in Which Figure l is a central vertical section of ourdevice. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1 with the top plate andcarbon-table removed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the carrier andfolding devices detached. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thecarbon-table.

A represents the register-box, and a. the top plate thereon.

1 2 3 represent rolls of paper for the original and two copies of thework.

B B represent the feeding-rolls, between which two strips-the originaland first copyare delivered to the carbon table C and thence between thefinal delivering-rolls b b and thence onto the top plate a. The rolls BB have the gear-wheels c c at their ends intermeshing, and one of therolls is provided with a crank-handle D. It will be observed that theextremities of the gear-teeth of the roll 12 are shown flush with theface of said roll and that the teeth of the gears of rolls B B areprojected from the surface of said rolls, the result of which is thatthe final deliveringrolls have a faster surface speed than thefeed-rolls, so that the slack is taken up between said pairs of rollsand the paper is always held taut over the writing-table. Variousmethods of conducting these strips to the deliveringpoint may bearranged as desired. The roll Z7 is geared to the rolls B B through thegear-wheels E E E the further functions of which latter rolls will behereinafter described. The top roll I) is in frictional contact with itscooperating roll I), as shown in Fig. 1. One of the rollssay Bis aprinting-roll receiving ink from the rolls cl d.

F F represent pockets in the top part of the plate, in which arelocated, respectively, the carbon rolls ff, the free ends of whichproject out over the writing-table C. One of the strips of paper-say2-passes between the pockets and the carbon, and the other stripsay1passes over the front edge of the first carbon under the writing-table.

G represents a filing-compartment for receiving'and packing the foldedstrips. It is preferably provided with a coil-spring g,

adapted to be compressed within itself. At

the receiving end of the compartment the spring is secured to a yieldingabutment, which is shown as a platen H, movable longitudinally in thecompartment G and bearing normally against the retaining-flanges haround the end of compartment G. Many mechanical equivalent means mightbe devised which would have the retaining function of the flanges abovedescribed, and we do not wish to limit the means to the particular form,except in so far as it may be expressly incorporated in the claims. Whenthe paper is folded therein, the said platen H compresses the paperagainst the flanges h to hold the paper within the compartment. At thebottom end of this compartment is pivoted a folding member I, having thepivotal movement to and from the. open end of the compartment andagainst the platen H, with which it completely registers when closed.The carrier member J is pivoted to the frame of the register between theend of the compartment G and the rolls B B. In the preferred form thiscarrierconsists of the looping-bar j, pivot-bar j, and connecting sidepieces j j to one of which, j is pivoted a crank-arm 9' The foldingmember I turns on its pivot member 01 and has a crank-arm "5 Thesecrank-arms t and 7' are pivoted to the pins 4 5, respectively, on thegears E E. The carrier member J moves in a quarter-circle to and fromthe bottom of the open end of compartment G, passing over the foldingmemher I. The pivot-bar "L of the folder I carries upon it coil-springs7c. The springs have hook ends bearing normally toward the platen H,engaging through orifices min the said folder against the platen H. Thespringhooks engage over the looping-bar in its lowermost position andpass the said bar by means of notches Z l P, provided in the looping-barfor this purpose.

Mode of operation: The strip to be filed from roll 3 is passed over thebar j of the carrier J and over the front and rear end of the tablet O,thence downwardly over the upper face of the looping-barj, and thencethrough the carrier over the folding member I into the compartment G.\Vhen the crank D is revolved, it turns the gears E E, which actuate thecrank-bars i andj in time movements as follows: The folder I begins tomove doWnward a little in advance of the downward movement of thecarrier J, which passesover the end of the folder I, carrying with itthe strip down between the end of the compartment G and the folder I. Asthe folder begins to return the carrier moves upwardly out of the wayover the rising end of the folder I.

Meanwhile the folder I folds the paper inward against the platen H,which yields to the pressure of the folder, allowing the paper strip tobe forced into the compartment Gr, collapsing at its edges sufiicient topass the retainingflanges h, and then the platen being immediatelycompressed by its spring forces the paper in its proper shape backagainst the flanges which engage the edges of the paper, thus retainingthe folded strip in place. will be seen from Fig. 5 that when the folderhas carried the fold into engagement with the retaining device in theend of the compartment G the paper will be stretched from the top ofsaid compartment around the carrier in its uppermost position and thenceover the end of the writing-table. As the carrier begins to move towardthe receivingcompartment it presses upon the top of the paper strip, oneend of which is held in the top of said compartment, and pushes saidpaper down between the end of said compartment and the opening folder.When the carrier has reached the limit of its stroke, it brings thecrease of paper into engagement with the spring 76, projecting throughthe orifice in the folder. These springs pass through the notches Z inthe carrier-bar j and grasp the paper. As the folder moves toward thereceiving-compartment these springs are caught by the bottom of thecompartment toward the end of the movement and the folder passes overthe ends of the hooks, thus automatically releasing the paper at themoment it is carried 'by the folder into the receiving end of thecompartment and engaged between the yielding abutment and the flanges ofsaid compartment. It will also be seen that from the moment the folderputs the paper into the compartment the further rearward travel of thecarrier-bar serves to unroll from the roll 3 a fresh supply of paper forthe next the said compartment and the adjoining top of the writing-tablerepresents approximately the length of paper which will be consumed inthe next folding operation. The rolls B B are relatively proportioned tothe length of the movement of the folder and carrier, so that the stripsfrom the rolls 1 2 3 shall be of any corresponding relative lengthselected.

Various methods of receiving the folds formed by the parts I J otherthan the particular means herein shown, consisting of the spring-platenand the retaining-flanges It, might be devised, and we do not wish to belimited further than where such elements are specifically named in theclaims.

The free ends of'the carbons only being used, and as they are notunrolled with each operation, the same carbon section may be run out andthe new sections from the two rolls placed intermediate of the stripsfor the rolls 1 2 3 in the usual manner. The carbon strips extendlongitudinally in the line of travel of the paper over thewriting-table, and so are not torn or displaced by the running olf ofsaid paper strips.

It is further obvious that the rolls B B may be so arranged that theyaremeasuringrolls and print regularly and certainly. A single movement ofthe crank D serves to measure off the proper-sized strips, print thesame always in the same relative positions, delivering" the same,creasing, folding, and filing the triplicate sheets. These parts aresimple, cheap, and eflicient in operation, and the compartment G can bemade to hold as much or as little as may be desired, and of course thiscompartment G may be detachable or in any convenientmanner accessible,as desired.

Having described our invention,we claim- 1. In an autographic register,the combination of a compartment, a yielding abutment bearing normallytoward the receiving end, a retaining device in said receiving end, a reciprocating folder, a reciprocating carrierarm engaging over the folder,and means for moving the said folder and carrier to and from each otherin time movements, substantially as specified.

2. In an autographic register, the com bination of a compartment, ayielding abutment in the receiving end, a retaining device in said endtoward which theabutment normally bears, a reciprocating folder movingto and from said retaining device, a reciprocating carrier engaging oversaid folder, during a part of its movement, and means for actuating saidfolder and carrier in time movements, substantially as specified.

3. In an autographic register, the combina tion of a compartment, ayielding abutment therein, a retaining device in the receiving endagainst which,the abutment normally bears, a reciprocating foldermovable into LIJ and out of contact with said retaining device, areciprocating carrier engaging over said folder during a portion of itsmovement, and means for actuating said folder and carrier in timemovements,substantially as specified.

4. In an autographic register, the combination of a compartment, ayielding abutment therein, a retaining-flange at the receiving endtoward which the abutment normally bears, a reciprocating folder movableto and from said flange, a reciprocating carrier movable over saidfolder during a part of its travel, and means for actuating said folderand carrier in time movements, substantially as specified.

5. In an autographic register, the combination of a compartment, ayielding abutment therein, a retaining-flange toward which the abutmentnormally bears, a folder movable into and out of the receiving end ofsaid compartment past said flange, acarrier which passes over the paperstrip, movable over said folder during a portion of its travel, andmeans for actuating said folder and carrier in timemovements,substantially as specified.

6. I11 an autographic register, the combination of a compartment, ayielding abutment therein, a retaining-flange in the receiving endtoward which the abutment normally bears, a reciprocating folder movableinto and out of said receiving end of the compartment past theretaining-flange, a reciprocating carrier which passes over the paperstrip, movable over said folder, during a portion of its movement, apaper-catch at one end of. the said folder adapted to engage the loopformed by the carrier, and means for actuating said folder and carrierin time movements, substantially as specified.

7. In an autographic register, the combination of a compartmenthaving anopen receiving end, a retainingflange at said end, ayielding abutment insaid compartment bearing toward said flange, a reciprocating folderhaving a catch, a reciprocating carrier engaging over the strip of paperand adapted to carry a loop over said folder into engagement with saidcatch, the said folder being bodily movable into and out of said openend of said compartment past said flange, and means for actuating saidfolder and carrierin time movements, substantially as specified.

8. In an autographic register, the combination of an actuatingfeed-roll, a compartment havingan open end, a retaining-flange in saidend, a yielding abutment in said compartm ent bearing toward saidflange, a reciprocating folder movable into and out of said open end, ofthe compartment, a paper-catch on 7 said folder, a reciprocating carriermovable over said folder during part of its travel into engagement withsaid catch, means for disengaging said catch automatically when thefolder approaches the said yielding abutment, and gear-and-linkmechanisms between the feed-roll and the folding devices to actuate thesaid carrier and folder in time movements, substantially as specified.

9. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of paper-rolls,a pairof contacting feed-rolls, equal gears on the ends of sameintermeshing, a writing'table over which the two strips are passed, apair of contacting rolls at the delivering end of the table having gearconnections with said firstnamed gears adapted to revolve them at afaster rate of speed than the first-named rolls, and an operating-crank,substantially as specified.

10. In an a utographic register the combination of an actuatingfeed-roll, a compartment having a retaining-flange at its open end, ayielding abutment in said compartment bearing normally toward saidflange, a reciprocating folder movable to and from said yieldingabutment past said flange, a reciprocating carrier movable over saidfolder during a part of its travel, and gear-and-link connec tionsbetween said folder and carrier and the feed-roll, adapted to actuatethe said folder and carrier in time movements, substantially asspecified.

11. In an autographic register, the combination of an actuatingfeed-roll, a compartment having an open end, a retaining-flange in saidend, a yielding abutment in said compartment bearing normally towardsaid flange, a reciprocating folder adapted to move bodily into and outof said open end of the compartment, past said flange, a reciprocatingcarrier movable over said folder during a portion of its travel, andgear-and-link mechanism between said feed-roller and the folder andcarrier, adapted to actuate said folder and carrier in time movements,substantially as specified.

12. In an autographic register, the combination of a filing-compartment,ayielding abutment in the receiving end thereof, a retaining-flange atsaid receiving end, a folderblade pivoted at the bottom of the receivingend of said compartment, spring-hooks on the pivot of the folderengaging against the yielding abutment through orifices in the folder, acarrier pivoted to the frame and adapted to tuck the paper between theabutment and folder into the engagement with the hooks and means foractuating the folder, carrier and hooks in time movements whereby acontinuous strip is folded and filed away in successive folds,substantially as specified.

13. In an autographic register, the combination of a compartment, aretaining device in the receiving end, a reciprocating folder pivoted tothe frame of the machine, a reciprocating carrier pivoted to the frameof the machine and adapted to move over said folder and means foroperating said folder and carrier in time movements to'and from saidreceiving end of the said compartment, substantially as specified.

14L. In an autographic register, the combina tion of a compartment, aretaining device in the receiving end, a reciprocating folder pivoted tothe frame of the machine, a reciprocating carrier pivoted to the frameof the machine, and adapted to move over said folder,-

5 an automatic catch at the pivoted end of said folder adapted to engagethe carrier in its movements, means for automatically re1easing saidcatch and means for operating said folder and carrier to and from thereceiving 0 end of the said compartment in time movements, substantiallyas specified.

15. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollsgeared together, a

pair of paper-delivery rolls, and gear connections between said pairs ofrolls adapted to revolve the delivery-rolls at a greater surface speedthan the first-named rolls, whereby the slack in the paper isautomatically taken up, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set 20 our hands.

JOHN G. DINKELBIHLER'JR CLYDE C. CRANE. Witnesses:

OLIVER B. KAISER, VIOLA T. GEORGI.

